US2025107316A1PendingUtilityA1

Light-emitting device, illumination device, image display device, and indicator lamp for vehicle

Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEM CORPPriority: Dec 27, 2022Filed: Dec 6, 2024Published: Mar 27, 2025
Est. expiryDec 27, 2042(~16.4 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a light-emitting device including a first luminescent material and a second luminescent material which emits visible light by irradiation with light from the first luminescent material, in which the second luminescent material contains at least a red phosphor which satisfies the following (A) and (B): (A) An emission spectrum has at least one emission peak having a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 20 nm or more and 65 nm or less, and (B) Chromaticity coordinates of a light emission color are present between two straight lines represented by the following equation (a) and equation (b) based on coordinates represented by (x, y) in a CIE 1931 chromaticity coordinate system: (a) y=0.992−x, (b) y=1.000−x, and 0.290≤y≤0.350, an illumination device, an image display device, and an indicator lamp for a vehicle.

Claims

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1 . A light-emitting device comprising:
 a first luminescent material; and   a second luminescent material which emits visible light by irradiation with light from the first luminescent material,   wherein the second luminescent material contains at least a red phosphor which satisfies the following (A) and (B):   (A) an emission spectrum has at least one emission peak having a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 20 nm or more and 65 nm or less, and   (B) chromaticity coordinates of a light emission color are present between two straight lines represented by the following equation (a) and equation (b) based on coordinates represented by (x, y) in a CIE 1931 chromaticity coordinate system:   
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       y 
                       = 
                       
                         
                           0 
                           .992 
                         
                         - 
                         x 
                       
                     
                     , 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     a 
                     ) 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       y 
                       = 
                       
                         1. 
                         - 
                         x 
                       
                     
                     , 
                     and 
                   
                 
                 
                   
                     ( 
                     b 
                     ) 
                   
                 
               
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0.29 
               ≤ 
               y 
               ≤ 
               
                 
                   0 
                   . 
                   3 
                 
                 ⁢ 
                 5 
                 ⁢ 
                 
                   0 
                   . 
                 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     
         2 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein a value of y of chromaticity coordinates of red light emitted by the red phosphor is 0.300 or more. 
     
     
         3 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the value of y of the chromaticity coordinates of the red light emitted by the red phosphor is 0.310 or less. 
     
     
         4 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the red phosphor comprises a phosphor which does not substantially include Mn. 
     
     
         5 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the emission spectrum of the red phosphor comprises at least one emission peak having an emission peak wavelength of 648 nm or less. 
     
     
         6 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein internal quantum efficiency of the red phosphor is 30% or more. 
     
     
         7 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the red phosphor has the full width at half maximum in the emission spectrum of 57 nm or less. 
     
     
         8 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the red phosphor has an emission peak wavelength x (nm) and a full width at half maximum y (nm) in the emission spectrum satisfying a relationship: y≤184−0.2x. 
     
     
         9 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the red phosphor comprises at least a phosphor containing a crystal phase having a composition represented by the following formula [1]:
   Re x MA a MB b MC c N d X e    [1]
   wherein in formula [1], MA includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Ba, Na, K, Y, Gd, and La,   MB includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Li, Mg, and Zn,   MC includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Ga, In, and Sc,   X includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I,   Re includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Pr, Tb, and Dy, and   a, b, c, d, e, and x respectively satisfy the following expressions:   
       
         
           
             
               0.7 
               ≤ 
               a 
               ≤ 
               1.3 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0.7 
               ≤ 
               b 
               ≤ 
               1.3 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               2.4 
               ≤ 
               c 
               ≤ 
               3.6 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               3.2 
               ≤ 
               d 
               ≤ 
               4.8 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0. 
               ≤ 
               e 
               ≤ 
               0.2 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0. 
               < 
               x 
               ≤ 
               
                 0.2 
                 . 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     
         10 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the red phosphor comprises at least a phosphor containing a crystal phase having a composition represented by the following formula [2]:
   Re x MA a MB b (MC′ 1-y MD y ) c N d X e    [2]
   wherein in formula [2], MA includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Ba, Na, K, Y, Gd, and La,   MB includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Li, Mg, and Zn,   MC′ is Al,   MD includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Si, Ga, In, and Sc,   X includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I,   Re includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Pr, Tb, and Dy, and   a, b, c, d, e, x, and y respectively satisfy the following expressions:   
       
         
           
             
               0.7 
               ≤ 
               a 
               ≤ 
               1.3 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0.7 
               ≤ 
               b 
               ≤ 
               1.3 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               2.4 
               ≤ 
               c 
               ≤ 
               3.6 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               3.2 
               ≤ 
               d 
               ≤ 
               4.8 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0. 
               ≤ 
               e 
               ≤ 
               0.2 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0. 
               < 
               x 
               ≤ 
               0.2 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0. 
               < 
               y 
               ≤ 
               
                 1. 
                 . 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     
         11 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the red phosphor comprises at least a phosphor containing a crystal phase having a composition represented by the following formula [3]:
   Re x MA a MB b MC c (N,O) d X e    [3]
   wherein in formula [3], (N,O) means containing N and O,   MA includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Ba, Na, K, Y, Gd, and La,   MB includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Li, Mg, and Zn,   MC includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, Ga, In, and Sc,   X includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I,   Re includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Pr, Tb, and Dy, and   a, b, c, d, e, and x respectively satisfy the following expressions:   
       
         
           
             
               0.7 
               ≤ 
               a 
               ≤ 
               1.3 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0.7 
               ≤ 
               b 
               ≤ 
               1.3 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               2.4 
               ≤ 
               c 
               ≤ 
               3.6 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               3.2 
               ≤ 
               d 
               ≤ 
               4.8 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0. 
               ≤ 
               e 
               ≤ 
               0.2 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0. 
               < 
               x 
               ≤ 
               
                 0.2 
                 . 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     
         12 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the red phosphor comprises at least a phosphor containing a crystal phase having a composition represented by the following formula [4]:
   Re x MA a MB b (MC′ 1-y MD y ) c (N,O) d X e    [4]
   wherein in formula [4], (N,O) means containing N and O,   MA includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Ba, Na, K, Y, Gd, and La,   MB includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Li, Mg, and Zn,   MC′ is Al,   MD includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Si, Ga, In, and Sc,   X includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I,   Re includes one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Pr, Tb, and Dy, and   a, b, c, d, e, x, and y respectively satisfy the following expressions:   
       
         
           
             
               0.7 
               ≤ 
               a 
               ≤ 
               1.3 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0.7 
               ≤ 
               b 
               ≤ 
               1.3 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               2.4 
               ≤ 
               c 
               ≤ 
               3.6 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               3.2 
               ≤ 
               d 
               ≤ 
               4.8 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0. 
               ≤ 
               e 
               ≤ 
               0.2 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0. 
               < 
               x 
               ≤ 
               0.2 
             
           
         
         
           
             
               0. 
               < 
               y 
               ≤ 
               
                 1. 
                 . 
               
             
           
         
       
     
     
         13 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 1 , wherein the second luminescent material further comprises a yellow phosphor and/or a green phosphor. 
     
     
         14 . The light-emitting device according to  claim 13 , wherein the yellow phosphor and/or the green phosphor comprises any one or more of a garnet type phosphor, a silicate type phosphor, a nitride phosphor, and an oxynitride phosphor. 
     
     
         15 . An illumination device comprising the light-emitting device according to  claim 1  as a light source. 
     
     
         16 . An image display device comprising the light-emitting device according to  claim 1  as a light source.

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